With a safe flight and a little luck, my next blog post will be coming to you from Barcelona! I’m about to take a Ryanair flight to Girona, Spain, for a five-day stay in Catalonia. 6 January is Epiphany, the “Spanish Christmas,” the day on which everybody stays home, gives each other presents, eats special pastries, and wishes for peace on earth, so an extra holiday is thrown in too. Also, Catalan food. Stock image of my vacation from Google: